Offshore wind and hydrogen: South Wales project marks milestone
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An offshore windfarm A first-of-its-kind floating hydrogen production facility is being progressed in the Celtic Sea, with the group behind it announcing the completion of critical stages on 7 October. The Milford Haven: Hydrogen Kingdom (MH:HK) project aims to produce an innovative demonstrator facility that will produce hydrogen for renewable energy using a combination of […]
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Fighting for the health of the planet with AI
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For Priya Donti, childhood trips to India were more than an opportunity to visit extended family. The biennial journeys activated in her a motivation that continues to shape her research and her teaching. Contrasting her family home in Massachusetts, Donti — now the Silverman Family Career Development Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and […]
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Yorkshire Water models sewer data availability
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The town of Whitby (image credit: Martina Jorden, Unsplash). An ongoing project with Yorkshire Water is taking a proactive approach to combined sewer overflow (CSO) management, shifting from reactive responses to preventative measures – crucial for both regulatory compliance and environmental protection. New legislation mandating near real-time data availability for CSOs, that came into force […]
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Factcheck: What the Climate Change Act does – and does not – mean for the UK
The UK’s Climate Change Act is a landmark piece of legislation that guides the nation’s response to global warming and has proved highly influential around the world. Increasingly, the law has come under attack from right-wing politicians, who want to scrap the UK’s net-zero target and the policies supporting it. Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has […]
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Reparations for Specially Affected States: Genocide-Enabled Domination and the Caribbean’s Path to Redress
Contemporary debates on reparations and climate justice often remain siloed, addressing either historical injustices such as slavery and genocide or emerging crises like climate-induced displacement, food and water insecurity, and disproportionate exposure of marginalised communities to extreme weather events. Against this siloing, we advocate for a framework that enables a rethinking of reparations and climate […]
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Solar energy is now the world’s cheapest source of power, says new study
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Solar energy is now so cost-effective that, in the sunniest countries, it costs as little as £0.02 to produce one unit of power, making it cheaper than electricity generated from coal, gas or wind, according to a new study from the University of Surrey. In a study published in Energy and Environment Materials, researchers argue […]
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Pasteurisation plays crucial role in award winning New Zealand AD plant
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This article contains paid for content produced in collaboration with HRS Heat Exchangers. An award-winning biogas plant which pioneered food waste collection and treatment in New Zealand has benefitted from using a dedicated pasteurisation system supplied by HRS Heat Exchangers. In July, Ecogas, which operates New Zealand’s first and only commercial-scale anaerobic digestion (AD) facility […]
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New prediction model could improve the reliability of fusion power plants
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Tokamaks are machines that are meant to hold and harness the power of the sun. These fusion machines use powerful magnets to contain a plasma hotter than the sun’s core and push the plasma’s atoms to fuse and release energy. If tokamaks can operate safely and efficiently, the machines could one day provide clean and […]
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Printable aluminum alloy sets strength records, may enable lighter aircraft parts
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MIT engineers have developed a printable aluminum alloy that can withstand high temperatures and is five times stronger than traditionally manufactured aluminum. The new printable metal is made from a mix of aluminum and other elements that the team identified using a combination of simulations and machine learning, which significantly pruned the number of possible […]
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Water contamination detection tool shortlisted for national award
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Kathryn Thomas is the inventor of FluoroGlow. An innovation designed in Exeter to detect contaminated water and save lives has been shortlisted for a national innovation and enterprise award. FluoroGlow’s device is designed to detect Cryptosporidium in water. Previously, it has been difficult to detect without slow laboratory-based tests. But FluoroGlow aims to change that […]
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First-of-its-kind waste trading platform launches in Scotland
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A tech startup has created a Bloomberg-style trading platform to support a range of sectors in Scotland with their net zero and sustainability goals, simplifying transactions intended to see that the organic waste from one industry become another’s gold. Edinburgh-based Vaste is currently collaborating with computing science experts from Edinburgh College, on an Industrial Biotechnology […]
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Online fashion exploits plastic bag loophole prompting calls for change
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Ten years after the introduction of the UK’s plastic bag levy, online fashion is failing to keep pace with progress made on the high street, with the majority of UK consumers still receiving plastic with every order, according to new analysis. Polling commissioned by packaging business DS Smith appears to show that over three quarters […]
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Councils warn against industry bids to control local waste services
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Government must resist calls from the waste packaging industry to take control of household waste and recycling services and ensure local communities remain at the heart of deciding how rubbish is collected in their neighbourhood, the Local Government Association (LGA) has warned. A 29 September statement from the group said: “Decisions about collections and services […]
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Can We Reduce Our Vehicle Emissions Without Buying an EV?
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Photo by Adil Sattarov on Unsplash Despite many people wanting to own electric vehicles (EVs) to reduce their CO2 emissions, the initial upfront cost can be substantial. Not everyone is in a financial position to purchase a new car, despite it being better for the environment and their wallet. When EV ownership is not yet […]
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AI maps how a new antibiotic targets gut bacteria
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For patients with inflammatory bowel disease, antibiotics can be a double-edged sword. The broad-spectrum drugs often prescribed for gut flare-ups can kill helpful microbes alongside harmful ones, sometimes worsening symptoms over time. When fighting gut inflammation, you don’t always want to bring a sledgehammer to a knife fight. Researchers at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial […]
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Climate Change in the Courtroom: UNEP and Sabin Center’s Global Climate Litigation Report 2025
Today, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia Law School have released the Global Climate Litigation Report 2025: Status Review. This fourth edition of our joint survey builds on earlier reports published in 2017, 2020, and 2023, continuing our collaborative effort to track how litigation is […]
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DeBriefed 3 October 2025: UK political gap on climate widens; Fossil-fuelled Typhoon Ragasa; ‘Overshoot’ unknowns
Welcome to Carbon Brief’s DeBriefed. An essential guide to the week’s key developments relating to climate change. This week Shattered climate consensus FRACKING BAN: UK energy secretary Ed Miliband has announced that the government will bring forward its plans to permanently ban fracking, in a move designed to counter a promise from the hard-right Reform party […]
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New report warns skills shortages threaten circular economy progress
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A new report warns that skills shortages will hold back the UK’s efforts to move towards a circular economy, drawing upon the appraisal of key member organisations in chemicals and materials science. Published on 2 October by the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE), the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3) and the Royal Society […]